Binder attachment.



C. S. HARMSEN.

BINDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7. 1915.

Lgm l u Patented July 10, 1917.

fizz/an 2 -0 r CARL S. HARI'TISEN, OF LA JARA, COLORADO.

Brianna ATTACHMENT.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July in, ieiv.

Application filed ember 7, 1915. Seria1No. 54,668.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL S. I-IAnMsEN, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of La Jara, Gonejos county, Colorado, haveinvented a new and useful Binder Attachment, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for removingmorningglory or pea vines and the like from the divide board of abinder.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved cutter inthe form of a shear mounted on the divide board of a binder and adaptedto be operated from the drivers seat to cut away and remove ranglingweeds such as morning-glory vines and pea vines.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an endelevation of a binder illustrating my improved attachment in positionfor use. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing a portion of a binder equippedwith my improvement.

In the construction and mounting of the device as shown the numeral 10designates the platform, 11 the reel, 12 the seat, 13 the divide-board,14. the wind-break board and 15 a supporting wheel of a reaper andbinder which may be of any suitable construction and having either aright or left hand cut. A stationary cutter blade 16 is fixed to theforward and upper end portion of the divide board 13 in any suitablemanner, and is beveled on its upper margin which is preferablycoincident with or projecting slightly above the upper margin of saiddivide board. A cutter blade 17 is hinged intermediate of its ends by abolt 18 or screw to the stationary blade 16 and divide board 13, and isbeveled on its lower margin to cooperate with said stationary blade as ascissor or shear. The pivoted blade 17 is formed with an eye 19 at itsrear end and said eye and the rear end portion of said blade are formedrelatively large and heavy so that the rear end tends to fall by gravityto normally retain the scissor in open position as shown. A rope 20 orcord is fixed removably at one end to the eye 19 and passes upwardlyover a direction pulley 21 carried by a bracket 22 fixed to the divideboard 13. The rope or cord 20 then passes the binder, behind thewindbreak board 14,

and in an upward direction to a point adjacent the drivers seat 12,preferably having its end attached to a loop or hook 26 can ried by theseat post.

In countries and regions where morningglories, peas and the like areprevalent, con siderable diiiiculty is encountered in cutting the smallgrain on account of the fact that these vines accumulate on the bindingmachine, and especially on the divide board. It is necessary under suchconditions for the driver to frequently dismount and pull theaccumulated vines from the forward end of the divide board, or to havean attendant accompany the machine for this purpose.

t is my purpose to overcome this difficulty, and in practical use of myimprovement the device is mounted as shown and described, and whenever abunch of vines accumulates on the forward end of the divide board thedriver will reach down and grasp the end of the rope 20 and by pullingthereon will oscillate the scissor blade 17 and cause it to approach thestationary blade 16 and sever any vines which have clung thereto and tothe front end of the divide board. The severed vines will then drop toopposite sides of the divide board, or be pulled therefrom by thecontinued advance of the ma chine, and in this manner the divide boardmay be kept clear of vines without stopping the machine or requiring theattendance or services of a person to pull them off manually. As soon asdraft is released from the cord or rope 20 the overbalancing of the rearend of the blade 17 will cause the scissors to assume the open positionin readiness to receive and cut another bunch of vines.

In case a field of grain is being out where vines are not prevalent therope 20 may be removed temporarily.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a binder or the like having a divideboard, a stationary blade mounted on the margin of said divide board, ablade secured by a horizontal pivot to said divide board and cooperatingwith said stationary blade, said pivoted blade being overbalanced' atits rear end, and a draft appliance adapted to operate said pivotedblade against the overbalancing thereof.

2. In a binder or the like having a divide board, a stationary bladefixed to said divide board, a blade pivoted on: a horizontal axis tosaid divide board adjacent said stationary blade, said pivoted bladebeing overbala-nced at its rear end and formed with an eye, and a cordfixed at one endto said eye and leading to a point adjacent the driversseat.

3. In a binder or the like having a divide board and a driver s seat, astationary-blade fixed to said divide board, a blade pivoted intermedite of its ends on said divide board adjacent said stationary blade, saidpivoted blade being overbalanced at its rear end so that it is normallyin open position relative to said stationary blade,a direction pulleycarried by said divide board above the rear end of said pivoted blade,and a draft appliance fixed at one end to the rear end of said pivotedblade, leading upwardly CARL s. HARMsEv.

W tness s a EARL JOHNSTON, C, L. SMITH.

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